Chapter 512: Little Country Lord
The convoy consisted of less than twenty men, so Merinthra and Houdini's "subsidence" protected everyone in time - but many of the guards were still injured, after all, it was not easy to be hit by trees and gravel, and even if they were outstanding, at least three of them were almost buried, and the horses were all killed.
"Ahem..."
Compared to these guards, the mages who traveled with them were obviously recovering faster. With the "Cleansing Technique" and the spell items they carried with them as protection, they were back to their usual clean and neat appearance in a few minutes, but the eyes of these guys looking in the direction of Elson City were obviously completely different from the previous laziness, and they all had a nervous vigilance.
Needless to say, since becoming a Magister, he hasn't been in such a mess for many years - he rarely participates in direct combat, and even if he does, he can always avoid the worst with his spells.
However, after using the "cleaning technique" to remove the soil from the robe, Houdini had to sigh that he had really "sat in a well and watched the sky" before. The apprentices lamented the power of the spell, but he even lamented the other party's range -- what is the concept of a strike distance of more than 30 kilometers? If it is a unit carrying siege equipment, this section of the road will take at least half a day to complete!
That is, if an army wants to attack Elson at the moment, it will have to start facing this bombardment while they are still half a day away from the city walls...
Houdini thought about what the consequences would be if Rasiman's army came to attack, but he unconsciously broke out in a cold sweat when he thought about it.
There is no solution at all!
After all, wars are fought by ordinary soldiers, and no matter how powerful Rasiman mage is, he can't cram high-level mages into every squadron. And with the power of the bombardment just now, mages below the Magister level simply came and died...
What kind of magical technology has the city mastered?
As he pondered, Houdini was stunned by the smoke rising into the sky, and when he looked back, he realized that it was Merinthra who was constantly releasing purple "smoke magic" - apparently in order to avoid being accidentally injured again, Merenthra was alerting Elson City in the distance in this way.
The "Earth Trapping Technique" was like this before, and the current "Smoke Technique" is also like this, from beginning to end, it is Merin Sera's most suitable and fastest response, so that under this background, Mage Rasiman seems to have never fought at all, and he is extremely sharp when he fights one by one, but he is stupid in actual combat.
With these blows, the sense of superiority he had gained over the Cullen royal family was gone.
And Merinthera, who kept casting spells, raised her head slightly, looked at the floating tower in the distance and pouted-
"And said that I was always welcome to come, and it turned out to be so 'welcoming'..."
A sad expression was rare on Merinthella's face, but with the sound of noisy footsteps in the distance, she quickly regained her usual cold appearance. When he turned his head, there were already twenty people in the surrounding jungle, all of them wearing uniform robes, mages and apprentices, as well as ordinary people with no magic power.
Looking closely, Merinthera could notice that the other party's chest was embroidered with a uniform magic tower symbol.
"Please... Excuse me, where are you from, what are you doing here?"
The mage who came first looked like a ghost, the razed village was in front of him, and this group of people could stand here intact and naturally look extremely disobedient.
"Ah, I'm so sorry..."
If this happened in the territory of the Karen royal family, Houdini would probably be directly furious. But at this moment, he was unusual, first bowed solemnly and apologized for "accidentally entering the test area and causing trouble", and then revealed the identity of the team.
"Ra-Rasiman Mission?!"
The mage who spoke was like a lightning strike, and his face was stunned. The apprentices who followed him looked at each other, and there was obviously a sentence written in their eyes:
you're in trouble!
"Who told me this area was empty!?"
On the floating tower, Roddy scolded Lem with a distorted expression, and this sudden outburst scared the other party into trembling, and he almost sat on the ground.
For no other reason, the signal cast by Merinthra with the purple "Smoke Technique" was the outline of her "Shadow Dragon Crystal" from a distance, so Roddy immediately realized what he had just done!
It doesn't matter what the Rasiman envoys are, they are all inconsequential passers-by, but Merinthra and herself are definitely fatal friends, that is the person who can really deliver his back to the battlefield... However, it was such a comrade-in-arms who actually bombarded her with Elson City's "big killer"?
Roddy regretted it and wanted to tear down the floating tower!
The dragon crystal represented by the smoke is of great significance, and Roddy always wears it on his body, so when he sees the mark composed of smoke, Roddy really has a feeling of "fried hair"!
However, this kind of emotional out-of-control performance only lasted for more than ten seconds, and Roddy knew that it was useless to talk nonsense here, so he took a deep breath and jumped directly from the floating tower!
"Castle Lord!
Lem wailed, he was not afraid that Roddy would fall to his death, but because he was not skilled in his "levitation technique" at all... Obviously, without Roddy's help, he's probably going to be stuck here for a while...
Looking at the ground more than 400 meters away at his feet, Lem covered his face without tears.
Roddy, who had returned to Elson, had not rushed out of the city, and by this time he had roughly analyzed the situation of Melinthella - he could signal that she was fine at the moment. After finding Camilla and seeing Merin Sera's "letter of visit", Roddy finally understands why she is here.
"What do you mean... You just blew up the Rasiman envoys?"
Camilla was so frightened by the fact that she deduced that she covered her mouth, this action made her, who has always been shrewd and capable, look a little cute, but then she realized that it was her own fault, and her face instantly reddened: "It's all my fault, it's all my fault, this letter..."
"This has nothing to do with you, Lasiman didn't use official channels to inform me of my own business, don't blame yourself," different from the appearance of being in a daze on the floating tower just now, Roddy looked like a superior at this time, "Now deal with this matter immediately - I want to see the feedback from the recording team as soon as possible, whether it is cavalry or scouts, go to pick up these people immediately, and ensure that the injured are treated as soon as possible..."
Unlike before, when everything had to be done by himself, now Roddy has begun to directly delineate the results, and the specific implementation process is directly handed over to Camilla and her team to do - this is the same reason as the company grows bigger, if Roddy still has to do everything himself, I am afraid he will already be exhausted.
Dedicated means efficient. Half an hour later, Roddy received a message from the Magic Research Institute's recording team, and two hours later, Roddy made his way to the city gates, ready to meet the team that had nearly been wiped out by him...
The Rasiman envoys were successfully received by a cavalry team with a large number of horses, because Akasha was with them, and at this moment the wounded had been healed under her treatment - this powerful magic obviously shocked Houdini and the others, but they also frequently turned their eyes on... Mai Lensera, who has never been smiling, actually talked and laughed with Akasha all the way, and the two beauties rode side by side together, becoming a beautiful scenery in their own right.
Akasha and Melinthra hadn't interacted much with each other when they were in the glacial plains, but the friendship with the afflictions was there, and now that Mylensella was clear about her "human" identity, she was naturally willing to open up to friends she could trust - of course, she also had some unknown little calculations in her heart...
Roddy didn't know what Merinthra was thinking, he was standing on the road extending from the outer city gate at this time, and he was relieved when he saw Merinthra from a distance, and then he didn't bother to do any etiquette, so he stepped forward to meet the team.
Because the decision was sudden, not many people in Elson City knew that Roddy was coming to greet the visitors in person, so at this time, there were only twenty or thirty onlookers near the city gate, and they, like Houdini at the front of the line, were a little stunned after seeing Roddy's outfit...
As the "Prime Minister of the Cabinet" and "the Lord of Elson City", it stands to reason that Roddy should have a "luxury dress" that shows his status. But in fact, don't talk about "luxury", in order to open up sources and reduce expenditure, Roddy has not even asked for any special treatment for meals so far, except for the dragon scale leather armor worn during the battle, the clothes are all kinds of simple robes for magic practice on weekdays - at this time, he is wearing this dress or Akasha customized for him, because this is the only more formal style in all of Roddy's clothes, so he temporarily used it as a dress...
To put it bluntly, Elson's current value has not yet been shown to others in the form of money, so when Houdini first visited the city, he appeared in the public eye with his lord in a slightly "shabby" image.
"Is he reluctant to spend money on a dress?"
Seeing Roddy looking at her from a distance, she turned her head and asked Akasha - she was really a little curious, there was no bargain in Solomon's inheritance at the beginning, and if it was sold, let alone glory and wealth for a lifetime, even if it was to buy a dukedom.
But now how did he act like he owed a foreign debt?
Houdini and the other Lasiman mages also looked at each other, compared to Charles II, who was dressed up at the beginning, Roddy in front of the city gate at this time was simply a "little country lord" sense of déjà vu, if it were not for the guards, I am afraid they would not dare to confirm that Roddy was the city lord.
"He... I don't see anyone every day, either studying spells or practicing archery, or I lock myself in my study," Akasha of course understood that Merlensera was asking for Houdini and the others, and her answer largely dominated these people's first impression of Elson, so the little priest continued after careful consideration: "I don't know how the finances are distributed, but Roddy doesn't seem to have left any personal property for himself, and his clothes are all customized by me out of my own pocket." ”
Melinthra blinked, then shook her head with a smile, which Houdini understood as frustration for an old friend - but he knew that Merinthra was more curious than they were...
Is there really a human being who sits on a mountain of gold and doesn't want to enjoy it?
What the hell does Roddy think?
Update to make up.,This Thursday is off.,But it's a single holiday.,I guess there's no time to write.,I think I'll try to code it when I get off work.。 Now they all go to bed at half past ten and wake up at six o'clock in the morning, and they are more students than students.